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A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Regina Coronation Park in Saskatchewan on August 10, 2023, to elect a new member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan following the resignation of Saskatchewan Party MLA Mark Docherty. [1]
It was held the same day as two others in the province; Lumsden-Morse and Regina Walsh Acres. [2]
The list of candidates: [3]
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 10 August 2023: Regina Coronation Park Resignation of Mark Docherty | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Noor Burki | 2,039 | 56.65 | +12.53 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Riaz Ahmad | 1,131 | 31.43 | -17.44 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Olasehinde Ben Adebayo | 222 | 6.17 | +2.36 | ||||
| Green | Kendra Anderson | 122 | 3.39 | +0.19 | ||||
| Progress | Reid Hill | 85 | 2.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,599 | 99.89 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 4 | 0.11 | -0.75 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,603 | 29.02 | -18.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,415 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Saskatchewan | Swing | +14.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan [4] | ||||||||
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election : Regina Coronation Park | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Mark Docherty | 2,913 | 48.87 | +1.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Noor Burki | 2,630 | 44.12 | -1.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Coates | 227 | 3.81 | - | ||||
| Green | Irene Browatzke | 191 | 3.20 | +1.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,961 | 99.14 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 52 | 0.86 | +0.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,013 | 47.64 | -4.47 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,621 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | +1.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
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